Word: stricting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Overseeing the new BCJ administration is Brigadier General Ken R. Dyke's civil information and education section (CIANDE) of Allied Headquarters. Three days after the occupation began, Dyke, a former NBC executive, began clearing the BCJ air. By strict censorship and appointment of the advisory committee, he freed noncommercial BCJ of government domination. He also ordered Japan to build some three million new radio sets to replace worn out sets or those destroyed...
Medieval Christians confessed their sins on Shrove Tuesday (Mardi gras). Grave offenders were assigned to public penitence (sackcloth and ashes, strict fasting, no baths) until finally absolved of their sins on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday. In those days, religion was directly concerned with maintaining public order; lawbreakers were ordered to join the Lenten penitents rather than be thrown into the town lockup...
Hardy emphasized the strict all-veteran character of Amvets, which, he says, goes "right down the middle of the line politically." On the other hand, A.V.C. according to Harrison has been "joined by quite a lot of guys . . . who don't like veterans organizations...
...wines or spirituous liquors will be permitted nor will smoking be allowed at the table in the dining rooms." Thus runs a section of the Parietal Rules of the mid-nineteenth century, which would make good reading for those who think present House rules are too strict...
Actually the swarm of new airlines has dimmed the future of all unscheduled carriers. They can now fly without CAB permission. But so many have started up that CAB will probably bring them under strict regulation to prevent cutthroat competition and keep flying as safe as it is. If that happens, many a vet line will have to fold its wings...